Food in the Internet Age

• Main Authors: Aspray, William (Author), Royer, George (Author), Ocepek, Melissa G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition
• Subjects: Computer science.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Food > Biotechnology.; Computer Science.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Food Science.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; IT in Business.

This book examines food in the United States in the age of the Internet. One major theme running through the book is business opportunities and failures, as well as the harms to consumers and traditional brick-and-mortar companies that occurred as entrepreneurs tried to take advantage of the Interne...